Subject Guide
When is Nadine Anderson, your Librarian, Available?
Email Nadine at nfanders@umich.edu for help with your research questions. During the semester I am available online from Monday through Friday. I do not engage in work emails outside of these days or holidays.
Welcome!
This guide will show you how to:
- access library databases, articles, and ebooks online
- develop your thesis statement
- find scholarly sources for your final essay
- search Women's & Gender Studies databases for a deeper dive
- describe the peer-review process and why it's important to your professors
- read and analyze your journal articles to find key information
- evaluate and select sources appropriate for university-level research
- use your course materials and sources to build your evidence and analysis
- avoid plagiarism
- cite your sources in APA or MLA Style
- write your Final Essay